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CONTENTS. 



SECTION 



31. Relation of the Red Blood-Corpuscles to the Formation of Fibrin, 



32. Chemical Composition of the Plasma and Serum, 



33. The Gases of the Blood, . 



34. Extraction of the Blood Oases, 



35. Quantitative Estimation of the Blood Gases, 



36. The Blood Gases, 



37. Is Ozone (0 3 ) present" in Blood ? 



38. Carbon dioxide and Nitrogen in Blood, 



39. Arterial and Venous Blood, 



40. Quantity of Blood, 



41. Variations from the Normal Conditions of the Blood, 



II. PHYSIOLOGY OF THE CIRCULATION 



42. General View of the Circulation, 



43. The Heart, ..... 



44. Arrangement of the Cardiac Muscular Fibres, 



45. Arrangement of the Ventricular Fibres, 



46. Pericardium, Endocardium, Valves, . 



47. Automatic Regulation of the Heart, . 



48. The Movements of the Heart, . 



49. Pathological Disturbances of Cardiac Action, . 



50. The Apex-Beat The Cardiogram, 



51. The Time occupied by the Cardiac Movements, 



52. Pathological Disturbance of the Cardiac Impulse, 



53. The Heart-Sounds, .... 



54. Variations of the Heart-Sounds, 



55. The Duration of the Movements of the Heart, 



56. Physical Examination of the Heart, 



57. Innervation of Heart Cardiac Nerves, 



58. The Automatic Motor-Centres of the Heart, . 



59. The Cardio-Pneumatic Movements, 



60. Influence of the Respiratory Pressure of the Heart, 



THE CIRCULATION. 



61. The Flow of Fluids through Tubes, . 



62. Propelling Force, Velocity of Current, Lateral Pressure, 



63. Currents through Capillary Tubes, 



64. Movements of Fluids and Wave-Motion in Elastic Tubes, 



65. Structure and Properties of the Blood-Vessels, 



66. Investigation of the Pulse, .... 



67. Pulse Tracing or Sphygmograin, 



68. Origin of the Dicrotic Wave, .... 



69. Dicrotic Pulse, ...... 



70. Characters of the Pulse, .... 



71. Variations in the Strength, Tension, and Volume of the Pulse 



72. The Pulse-Curves of various Arteries, . 



73. Anacrotism, . . . . . . 



74. Influence of the Respiratory Movements on the Pulse-Curve 



75. Influence of Pressure upon the Form of the Pulse- Wave, 



76. Rapidity of Transmission of Pulse-Waves, 



77. Propagation of the Pulse-Wave in Elastic Tubes, 



78. Velocity of the Pulse-Wave in Man, . 



79. Other Pulsatile Phenomena, .... 



